Green Maps
August 29, 2010
Cycling IS good for our health and the environment. Helmets DO protect riders. In Victoria you can be fined $146 riding without a helmet. Why did Melbourne start a $5.5 million Bike Share project? Why don’t Sydneysiders cycle? A ‘Melbourne-World’ […]
August 10, 2010
CERES, Melbourne’s award-winning Community Environment Park in Brunswick is running a new series of Sustainable Home Workshops Saturday afternoons 1.30pm-3.30pm. They will focus on reducing our environmental impact at home, for example: Insulation and Glazing Green Cleaning Buying Green Living […]
July 28, 2010
Paul has contacted PWF to introduce a brand new, very comprehensive, green and community resource. The Blue’s Green Mate website is a forum, directory and news outlet – with news feeds from Alternative Energy News, The UK Guardian-Environment, The Independent-Green […]
July 26, 2010
Are you looking for a space for your next function or do you need to hire a hall for an event, workshop, performance, class or meeting? After heaps of volunteer hours’ work there is now an eco heritage hall for […]
July 22, 2010
Minister Penny Wong has announced an overhaul for the troubled Green Loans program. A new grants-based Greens Start program will be rolled out in response to flaws detected. “The new program will be conducted in two stages. Stage one will […]
July 21, 2010
Interesting to see the word about Community Land Trusts (CLT) is spreading. Liz Page from the Waratah CLT in Bondi, Sydney, is a guest of Sustainable Maleny Qld. They are screening the DVD ‘Homes & Hands: Community Land Trusts in […]
July 12, 2010
The Weekly Times is reporting a situation where Chinese mushrooms with potential health risks have been sold in Australia labelled ‘Packed in Melbourne’. It seems Labor and the Libs are doing nothing about tougher country-of-origin labelling as major retailers are […]
July 5, 2010
It is technically feasible and affordable to replace all fossil fuel electricity with 100% renewable energy given the willpower and commitment to do so. A plan to do this has been developed and will be launched in Melbourne on 14 […]
July 4, 2010
With Dick Smith donating $1 million to buy three houses in regional NSW to help the Salvos help the homeless, ProBono Australia reports that “The Salvation Army has recorded a massive 65% increase in the number of people across NSW […]
June 24, 2010
Victoria’s Planning Minister Justin Madden – of the ‘sham community consultation on the Windsor development‘ has been ‘rolled again’ announced Jon Faine yesterday on his ABC Vic. Morning Show. The Opposition has blocked legislation on extending the urban sprawl and […]
June 21, 2010
PWF posted Welfare To Mainstream Jobs – Chewyings Bridging Tool two years ago and now Chewyings Lawn and Horticulture (CLH) has been short listed as a finalist in the Telstra Business Awards. About Chewyings Lawn & Horticulture CLH is a […]
June 18, 2010
Tom Peters, American business management/problem solving guru and best-selling author, born in 1942, tweets now. The